Tag: donations

City of Denton Animal Shelter needs your help

  Donald Andrews The Linda McNatt Animal Care and Adoption Center is the portion of the City of Denton Animal Shelter that houses the vet clinic, care areas and adoption and viewing centers. It’s located at 3717 N. Elm Street; Denton, Texas. Hours are Monday–Saturday from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. You can help the shelter even…

Best garage sale in N. Texas

  Robson Ranch Afterschoolers are sponsoring the best garage sale in north Texas. This sale will benefit teachers at Borman Elementary and LaGrone Advanced Technology Complex. The sale will be on October 20, 2018 with a rain date of October 27, 2018. If you’d like to donate items to be sold, please drop off your…

RR residents donate to DASF

Robson residents, Dr. Jerry and Shirley Watson, presented a donation to Sue Hundt, Endowment Chairman of Denton Animal Support Foundation, Inc. (DASF). The Watsons are major supporters of DASF and the Denton animal shelter. They were attending the annual DASF Donor Appreciation Luncheon at Denton Country Club on Thursday, September 13, 2018.

Save the date – 14th Annual Health Fair

The 14th annual Robson Ranch Health Fair will be held on Saturday, April 7 in the Clubhouse and Fitness Center during the hours of 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. There will be many dental, medical, nutritional, retail, assisted living, hospice, and insurance vendors represented; it’s a great opportunity to get some questions answered, get medical evaluations or…

Robson residents invited to an Open House

David Laschinger Robson Ranch and Denton Freedom House were started roughly at the same time but came about for very different reasons. While Robson Ranch became a community of active adults, DFH became the temporary home for men who need help recovering from addictions. The Freedom House’s faith-based program is free, operating solely on grants…

Denton’s Magical Night of Hope

Finding cures. Saving children. To quote actor/comedian and founder of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Danny Thomas, “No child should die in the dawn of life.” Everyone knows about St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, but did you know that it costs $2.2 million a day to operate? Or that they treat 7,800 children a year?…

Announcing Denton County fundraiser for St. Jude’s

Finding cures. Saving children. To quote actor/comedian and founder of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Danny Thomas, “No child should die in the dawn of life.” A Denton County-wide fundraiser will be held this September to help continue Thomas’ mission, which began 55 years ago. Since that time children with cancer have benefitted from the…

Let’s make childhood cancer extinct

Vicki Baker Chances of winning the lottery: one in 175,000,00. Chances of a child getting cancer: one in 285. Each year the parents of approximately 16,000 children hear the devastating words, “Your child has cancer.” Every day 43 children are diagnosed with cancer and 12% of those do not survive. While survival rates for many…